[MacTUG] MS Remote Desktop Connection install and run locations on Mac OS X

[Marlon A. Griffith]

This is a summary of my attempt to renew an expired temporary license on a MS terminal server from a Mac client.

Enjoy,
Marlon


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Problem
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To completely remove Microsoft's (MS) Macintosh Remote Desktop Connection client from Mac OS X.


File Locations
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/Applications/Remote Desktop Connection.app


/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/


/Library/Receipts/Office2008_en_autoupdate.pkg

/Library/Receipts/Remote Desktop Connection.pkg OR /private/tmp/Remote Desktop Connection.pkg


/Users/userName/Library/Caches/com.apple.installer/Cache.db
/Users/userName/Library/Caches/remote desktop connection
/Users/userName/Library/Caches/remote desktop connection/bcache22.bmc
/Users/userName/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems


/Users/userName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.recentitems.plist
/Users/userName/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.autoupdate2.plist
/Users/userName/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.rdc.plist


/Users/Shared/Microsoft


Result
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The terminal server still said my license was expired.


Final Solutions
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1) use a third party MS RDC client: CoRD - Remote Desktop for Mac OS X, http://cord.sourceforge.net/

2) Get the terminal server administrator to clean out the temporary license database. [This worked but unlikely for the average mortal, aka student, to do.]